diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 251eae14..3859323b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+Version 0.5 - December 28, 2010
+
+- Exit program, when all threads have exited
+- Improve JSON-RPC failure diagnostics and resilience
+- Add --quiet option, to disable hashmeter output.
+
 Version 0.3.3 - December 27, 2010
 
 - Critical fix for sha256_cryptopp 'cryptopp_asm' algo
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dccf29b3..b833434f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.3.3])
+AC_INIT([cpuminer], [0.5])
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.52)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([cpu-miner.c])
diff --git a/cpu-miner.c b/cpu-miner.c
index 19f3f351..168daf3e 100644
--- a/cpu-miner.c
+++ b/cpu-miner.c
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ static struct option_help options_help[] = {
 #ifdef WANT_VIA_PADLOCK
 	  "\n\tvia\t\tVIA padlock implementation"
 #endif
-	  "\n\tcryptopp\tCrypto++ library implementation"
+	  "\n\tcryptopp\tCrypto++ C/C++ implementation"
 #ifdef WANT_CRYPTOPP_ASM32
-	  "\n\tcryptopp_asm32\tCrypto++ library implementation"
+	  "\n\tcryptopp_asm32\tCrypto++ 32-bit assembler implementation"
 #endif
 	  },